FINDSPARK COMMUNITY SUCCESS STORIES

Mohammad Bolatero, Digital Marketing / Social Media Intern at Two TreesCommunity member and Hustle Summit Fellow Mohammad found out about the internship at Two Trees through the FindSpark job board. He applied and eventually got the job!

September 29, 2016

Kaila Kane, PR Intern at ASTRSKPR
Hustle Summit Fellow Kaila applied to ASTRSK PR through the FindSpark job board, and was offered an accelerated internship at the company with the potential to become an Assistant Account Executive. She says, "I started participating in FindSpark events/webinars in January, and two months later I can say that I've found a job and am officially moving to New York!"

March 22, 2017

Christina Waterman, Associate Producer for the Shorty Awards
Christina, a Hustle Summit Scholar, used the FindSpark job board to apply for a freelance position at the Shorty Awards and got the job! She was recently brought on full-time.

March 22, 2017

Matthew Reich, Film Marketing Intern at Allied Integrated Marketing
FindSpark member Matthew attended Hustle Summit in New York City, where he met with reps from Allied Integrated Marketing. He was later hired as their newest Film Marketing Intern!

April 4, 2017

Tiffany Hui, Content Manager, Global Emerging Accounts at BrandwatchTiffany attended Hustle Summit in New York City with her sister Melissa, a longtime member and Hustle Summit Fellow. She connected with Brandwatch at the event, and got the job a few months later!

Two Graduating Seniors Evaluate Internship Experiences

Adding Value and Taking Risks

Nick Schweers graduates with a degree in Public Relations this May 2012. As a former blog contributor, Nick helped build his online portfolio with us – creating content he felt would be helpful to other students.

When asked what was the most helpful piece of advice he took away from NY Creative Interns, Nick shared, “One memorable NY Creative Interns blog post that really inspired me was Reb Carlson’s How Taking Three Risks Landed Me a Job.”

Nick succeeded in landing three internships, thanks to his tenacity and planning. Most recently, he is interning at Quinn & Co. Public Relations. He adds, “Come May when I graduate after interning for four semesters, I will remember her advice during my job and apartment search: “All experience is meant to teach you is knowing which risks are worth taking and trusting your gut.”

Stepping Away from the Punch Bowl

Scott Strenger designed his own degree concentration – Entrepreneurship – at the University of Rochester and is also graduating this May. He did some major hustling last summer with dual internships at FoundersCard and Webtab (Bartab).

Scott’s important takeaways from his intense summer internships? “Walking into a networking event is kind of like being freshly single and stepping into a club. You are overwhelmed with the possibilities your night can take you but you won’t go anywhere if you can’t break the ice. NY Creative Interns impressed me from event #1 with the way they put participants at ease so that even the shy kids step away from the punch bowl. Interns feed and succeed off each other’s energy and lessons. If you want to gain the most out of your internship experience you need to get out of the file room and into the NYC intern community.”

Post-Graduation for NY Creative Interns

Our congrats and best of luck to Nick and Scott, and all our community members finishing undergrad, grad school or any other training and educational programs this spring.

Are you a graduating senior? What’s the most important real-world experience you’re taking with you and what’s next after college?

If you’d like to contribute to the NY Creative Interns blog, have event or an internship experience you’re willing to share please let us know. Each internship experience has something people can learn from, what’s yours?

Judi was the mentor of NY Creative Intern Tushar Khandelwal in 2011. She is currently available for work in all areas of digital marketing, and her passion is the arts. Find her on Twitter and LinkedIn.

About FindSpark

FindSpark is a community dedicated to setting up young professionals for career success and connecting employers to top, diverse young professional talent.

Since forming in 2011, FindSpark has become the largest Meetup group for interns and recent grads in the country, hosting over 250 events for more than 25,000 members.

FindSpark is proud to be a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).

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